Words the Bible translates as soft
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- rakhרַךְsoft, tender: yielding rather than hard, whether in flesh, in age, in manner, or in resolve
- rakhakhרָכַךְto be or become soft: to lose firmness, so that a wound, a spoken word, or a person's courage gives way.
- malakosμαλακόςsoft to the touch: of fine, luxurious clothing
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- a morally soft man: in Paul's list of wrongdoers, most likely the man who takes the receiving role in sex between men
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Every English meaning beginning with S is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.